EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 50 MIN
Prefabricated Nuclear Power Plants with Blue Energy
from Inevitable · host Cody Simms, Jake Jurewicz
Jake Jurewicz is the Co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy, a nuclear power plant developer. Blue Energy starts with proven, light water reactors and builds everything around them — prefabricating standardized nuclear plants as massive modules in shipyards and fab yards, then barging them to site. It pairs that with a patented gas-to-nuclear approach that energizes the plant on gas turbines first and converts to nuclear later. The goal is to make nuclear cheap enough and fast enough to build that private lenders will finance it, rather than the taxpayers and ratepayers who've carried almost every plant built so far. The company recently announced a collaboration with GE Vernova on a 2.5-gigawatt gas-plus-nuclear project in Texas, built around GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 reactor, with backing from VXI Capital, At One Ventures, and Engine Ventures. The why now is straightforward: AI data centers are pulling on the grid harder than anything in a generation, firm clean power is scarce, and the cost and speed of building nuclear have been the thing holding it back. Jake's bet is that the fix lives in how you build and finance the plant, rather than in the reactor itself. Episode recorded on June 10, 2026 (Published July 21, 2026) In this episode, we cover: (0:00) Overview of Blue Energy (2:20) Why construction, not reactor tech, is the focus (5:32) Two innovations: modular construction and gas-to-nuclear (6:56) Why proven light water reactors beat new designs (9:39) Building nuclear like LNG terminals (11:57) The history of shipyard-built nuclear power (14:17) Lessons from Venture Global's LNG buildout (16:44) Why megamodules cut construction costs (20:43) What Blue Energy builds versus buys (22:14) Why civil construction, not the reactor, drives cost (25:14) Navigating NRC approval for gas-to-nuclear (28:21) Why customers still want nuclear after gas (32:56) The first project: Victoria, Texas (36:00) Financial innovation to unlock private capital (39:19) Blue Energy's biggest execution risks (43:32) Where nuclear heads next (46:59) Commercial criticality beyond the chain reaction (48:20) Nuclear's role in energy security and geopolitics Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at [email protected] with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant
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Jake Jurewicz is the Co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy, a nuclear power plant developer. Blue Energy starts with proven, light water reactors and builds everything around them — prefabricating standardized nuclear plants as massive modules in shipyards and fab yards, then barging them to site. It pairs that with a patented gas-to-nuclear approach that energizes the plant on gas turbines first and converts to nuclear later. The goal is to make nuclear cheap enough and fast enough to build that private lenders will finance it, rather than the taxpayers and ratepayers who've carried almost every plant built so far. The company recently announced a collaboration with GE Vernova on a 2.5-gigawatt gas-plus-nuclear project in Texas, built around GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 reactor, with backing from VXI Capital, At One Ventures, and Engine Ventures. The why now is straightforward: AI data centers are pulling on the grid harder than anything in a generation, firm clean power is scarce, and the cost and speed of building nuclear have been the thing holding it back. Jake's bet is that the fix lives in how you build and finance the plant, rather than in the reactor itself.
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